Clik here to view.
What Animal Urine Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Rock HyraxWikimedia Commons Digging through 55,000 years of African hyrax toilets What do giant, years-old urine deposits have to do with climate change? Quite a bit, according to Brian Chase, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 4 Best Conspiracy Theories About The Russian Meteorite
Chelyabinsk meteor traceAlex Alishevskikh, via Wikimedia CommonsLast week's meteorite impact: cosmic coincidence, or a sign of the Mayan apocalypse? Brush up on the nuttiest theories floating around...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google Glass Shows Off New Interface, Impressive Functionality, Elite...
Last year, Google envisioned their augmented reality device as an in-your-face smartphone screen. But now they've created something much, much better. And you can get one. When Google released their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Computer Program Knows When You're Struggling With Math By Looking At Your Face
A facial mood-detecting program by Fraunhofer A recent example of mood-detecting software that's not the same as the face-reading software used in the study of kids doing math photo by Jurvetson...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What We Expect From Tonight's PlayStation Announcement
Potential PS4 ControllerDestructoidA new PlayStation! With a slightly different controller, better graphics, and more. Tonight, Sony will announce what's all but certain to be the new PlayStation. A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Is The Tiniest And Thus Most Adorable Planet We've Ever Seen
The New Tiniest PlanetsNASA/Ames/JPL-CaltechIt's barely larger than our moon--though considering its surface temperature, you may not want to move to this cute planet anytime soon. NASA announced a fun...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists Insert A Light-Emitting Bioprobe Into A Living Cell
Bio Beam A nanobeam inserted into a single cell. The photonic cavities on the beam "act like a nanoscale hall of mirrors," concentrating light at the center of the beam. Gary Shambat, Stanford School...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Device Treats Brain Injury By Zapping Nerves On The Tongue
The Portable NeuroModulation StimulatorU.S. ArmyThe tongue-mounted invention may help soldiers rebuild neural connections after traumatic brain injury. A new electronic device could treat brain damage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Has The Best Mathematical Models For Predicting The Oscars?
Social Oscars screenshot The Social Oscars is one of several statistical models now at work predicting this year's Oscar winners. Screenshot from the Social Oscars by Brandwatch and The CreditsChoose...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sony PlayStation 4 Liveblog: The Future Of Videogames?
Sony PlayStation: Old LogoSonyWe reported live from Sony's PlayStation 4 launch event in Manhattan. Here's what we found out about the system, games, and more. Watch live video from playstation on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BigPic: Building The World's Tallest Ferris Wheel
New York WheelNew York Wheel LLCStaten Island's New York Wheel differs from the usual design of supertall observation wheels. When it's finished, the New York Wheel will stand 625 feet above Staten...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 Reasons Why Coffee Is Good For You
Coffee beansDreamstimeCoffee isn't just warm and energizing, it may also be extremely good for you.In recent years and decades, scientists have studied the effects of coffee on various aspects of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Supplies Apple With All Those Parts? [Infographic]
Global Map of Apple SuppliersChinaFileAn interactive map of Apple suppliers around the world In an interview with Tim Cook last December, Bloomberg Businessweek asked the Apple CEO what it would take...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What The Russian Meteor Explosion Sounded Like
Infrasound Array This was one of the infrasound arrays in Greenland that detected the Chelyabinsk meteorite on Friday. CTBTO, via wikimedia commonsLast week was a busy one for the Comprehensive Test...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA Captures Rare, Beautiful Solar Rain [Video]
An eruption in July created a giant fountain of plasma many times the size of Earth. The rare event captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory last July is known as "coronal rain." It starts when a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cornell Researchers Grow A Realistic Bio-Engineered Human Ear
Bio-Engin-Ear Lawrence Bonassar displays his 3-D printed ear. Lindsay France/Cornell University PhotographyAfter three months growing in the lab, it looks and acts more like a natural ear than any...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Files For Patent On Snap-Band Watch Thing
Apple Smartwatch Patentvia Patently AppleApple's patent for a crazy flexible-display smartwatch just leaked. Here's what it means and what it definitely doesn't mean. There's been a lot of chatter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicon Valley Tycoons Bestow Surprise $33 Million Prize On 11 Unsuspecting...
Telomere CapsWikimedia CommonsBecause "curing a disease should be worth more than a touchdown." Cori Bargmann's research at the Rockefeller University has shown nematode worms, one of the simplest lab...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 Of The Creepiest Cold War Fallout Shelters
Fallout Shelter Basics: September 1959Popular Science archivesSteuart Pittman, head of the U.S. fallout shelter program, died earlier this month at age 93. As a reminder of just how frightening the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Commission To Set Standards For Troubled Forensic Sciences
Characteristics labeled on a digital fingerprintNISTAfter years of reports of troubled crime labs, the U.S. Department of Justice is putting together a commission that will set standards, a...
View Article